Quoted directly from Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by James Savage, Boston, 1860-1862. Select abbreviations for futher definition by Savage.
CONANT, CHRISTOPHER, Plymouth 1623, came in the Ann, had sh. in div. of ld. next yr. but was gone in 1627, perhaps to Cape Ann, for he had not sh. in the div. of cattle that yr. But if he had gone home, he must have come back to our country, for he was on the first jury for crim. trial here, impan. for the case of Walter Palmer for manslaughter. Nov. 1630. *EXERCISE, Salem, s of Roger, freem. 1663, one of the found. of the ch.in Beverly, on wh. side he liv. 1667, rep. 1682-4; had w. Sarah, s. Josiah, and Caleb, rem. in latter days to Windham, there, in part now Mansfield, d. and his gr.stone remains. Caleb had seven ch.; Josiah had only one, wh was deac. col. judge at M. JOSHUA, Salem, br. of the preced. d. 1659. JOSHUA, Salem, gr.s. of Roger the first, but by wh. s. is not clear, m. 31 Aug. 1676, Christian, d. of Richard Mower, had Joshua, b. 12 May 1678. LOT, Salem, br. of the preced. b. 1624, perhaps at Cape Ann, had Nathaniel, John, Lot, Eliz. all bapt. 26 May 1662; Martha, bapt. 12 Oct. 1664; and Willaim and Sarah, 3 July 1667; one of the found. of ch. at Beverly, 1667, but in 1674 when he d. was of Marblehead, had ten ch. 5 s. 5 ds. provid. for in his f.'s will, 1678, wh. may render just conclus. of his prior d. but his own est. was good. *ROGER, Salem, was one of the earliest sett. of Mass. hav. been in 1623 at Plymouth, next at Nantasket, thence rem. to Cape Ann, there resid. betw. one and two yrs. and rem. to Naumkeag, a. 1627. He was s. of Richard and Agnes, br. it is said of Dr. John of the gr. Assemb. of Divines at Westminister, tho. ano. acco. makes his f. William, b. in the hundred of E. Budleigh, bapt. at the parish ch. of the same, in Devon, 9 Apr. 1593; appoint. 1625, gov., agent, or superintend. for the Dorchester project. of the planta. as Endicott, wh. supersed. him, was, 1629, for the Gov. in the country. [Felt, I. 106. Hubbard, 109, 10.] Gibbs says his gr.f. John was of French, i.e. Norman, extract. his ancest. for many generat. hav. been at Gittisham, betw. Honiton and Ottery St. Mary's. He req. to be freeman. 19 Oct. 1630, was adm. 18 May foll. was rep. at the first gen. Ct. of Mass. 1634, d. 19 Nov 1679, in 87th yr. at Beverly (wh. he earnestly desir. to be named Budleigh). Young, Chron. 24, gives him four s. I think he had five; but even the assiduous fondness of Felt, in a Mem. of gr. dillig. filling fourteen pages of Geneal. Reg. II. has not furnish. complete fam.acco. His abstr. of the will, made 1 Mar. 1678, refers to s. Exercise and childr.; s. Lot's ten ch.; gr ch. John, s. of Roger; gr.ch. Joshua C. whose f. may have been John, or Roger; ds. Eliz. C. prob. never m.; Mary, wh. had been wid. in 1662, of the sec. John Balch, now w. of the sec. William Dodge, and her five ch.; Sarah, and her ch. John and four ds.; a gr.ch. Rebecca C. whose f. may have been either of the s. John, or Roger; beside cous. Mary, w. of Hilliard Verin, whose d. is unkn.; Adoniram Veren, and his sis. Hannah, with her two ch. and three ds. of his cous. James Mason, dec. and it is equally unkn. wh. she was. Of Exercise, perhaps the third s. b. at Cape Ann, a. 1636, bapt. 24 Dec. 1637; Joshua; and Lot, above, is all that is kn. to me; John was of Beverly ch. 1671, prob. d. bef. his f.; Roger, Salem, s. of the preced. the first ch. (said the rec. as early as 1640) b. in Salem (tho. the claim has been by a recent tradit. put in for John Massey), and had a gr. of ld. on that score, says Felt; had John bapt. 26 May 1662, was of Marblehead, there d. Saturday 15 June 1672, as his w. wrote in her Bible, still to be seen. His youngest s. Samuel d. not 9 May preced. as oft. said, but Saturday 4 May, as his mo. wrote. 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. VII. 255. At Charlestown the family was cont. Four of the name had, 1834, been gr. at Harv. five at Yale, and five at the other N.E. coll.
Note: words in italics have been added per Savage, Additions and Corrections, Vol. 1, p. 515. and Vol. III, p. 611.
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